The Church counters the culture of death with the culture of love.

Let us remember the past with gratitude, live the present with enthusiasm, and look forward to the future with confidence.

I plead with you--never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid.

The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.

Do not forget that true love sets no conditions; it does not calculate or complain, but simply loves.

If you want peace, work for justice. If you want justice, defend life. If you want life, embrace truth.

The way Jesus shows you is not easy. Rather, it is like a path winding up a mountain. Do not lose heart! The steeper the road, the faster it rises towards ever wider horizons.

Nobody is so poor he has nothing to give, and nobody is so rich he has nothing to receive.

Allow the light and the healing presence of Christ to shine brightly through your lives. In that way, all those who come in contact with you will discover the loving kindness of God.

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures, we are the sum of the Father's love for us and our real capacity to become the image of His Son Jesus.

Izzy felt as though she’d wandered into the third act of a play. She had no idea what was going on, but it was unbearably dramatic.

When you strive to possess, there is always a reward waiting for you both in heaven and on earth.

Perhaps we don't need these religious concoctions to pillow the fear of death. Just the fact that there is an unknown, and something greater, can bring a feeling of peace. That's enough for me.

A lot of my work is a matter of reacting to surprises in life.

If you don't listen to theology, that won't mean you have no ideas about God, it will mean you have a lot of wrong ones.

The Spring is generally fertile in new acquaintances.

To be a born American citizen seems a guarantee against pauperism; and this, perhaps, springs from the virtue of a vote.

As the happiness of the people is the sole end of government, so the consent of the people is the only foundation of it.

I hate everything which is not in myself.

Now my main goal is my solo career, so I want to keep doing that.